On Jul 26, 3:32 ¨Βν¬ ΆΔαφιδ Α® ΒμαγλΆ Όδβμ®®®ΐςυβωπαμ®γονΎ χςοτεΊ Hi David Thanks for getting back > On Sat, 26 Jul 2008, aidy wrote: > > Hi, > > > Could anyone tell me why Ruby does not allow a local constant? > > > FIREFOX_CLASS = "[CLASS:MozillaUIWindowClass]" > > I'm afraid I don't follow. That statement will execute perfectly well. > What exactly are you trying to do? > I am a little puzzled irb(main):001:0> def aidy irb(main):002:1> FIREFOX_CLASS = "[CLASS:MozillaUIWindowClass]" irb(main):003:1> end SyntaxError: compile error (irb):2: dynamic constant assignment FIREFOX_CLASS = "[CLASS:MozillaUIWindowClass]" ^ Thanks Aidy